If you're looking for music for an action film, you may want to check out this track listing. This music can be orchestral, or more techno- or rock based -- or sometimes even a combination of these styles -- and is highly suitable for crime capers, get-away scenes, car chase, running for your life, that kind of thing. Often combining high tempo rhythms with staccato, sometimes dissonant, musical compositions, these track carry a sense of stress, danger, urgency and desperation.
A seriously funky and gritty, groovy, filtered guitar riff join up with distorted bass and slamming Big Beat style drums. Hardcore big-beat / metal / electronic / industrial crossover with elements of heavy metal. Powerful, determined, forceful and will go well with any super confident media, sports / extreme sports, action/chase scene, motorsports, boxing/fighting etc. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A dramatic track with a European / French / Italian / Sicilian feel. A stabbing, aggressive rhythm and dark brass sweeps, combined with violin and accordeon gives this track a historical feel that makes it good for history / period drama. Threatening and uneasy. Conflict / provocation. [Tempo: Medium / 77 BPM]
Tense orchestral piece. Pulsing drums and strings, abrasive brass and drums, haunting textures and an overall suspenseful pursuit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 98 BPM]
Fast and furiously intense adrenaline rocker. Walls of guitars go for the throat from the very start. Full of punky Foo Fighters-esque attitude. Run people, you don't have a prayer! Would suit action, extreme, motor sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
A creature from beyond time and space appears, accompanied by massive, cinematic, trailer-style orchestra and choir! [Tempo: Fast / 151 BPM]
Heavy, muscular, intense, hypnotic and rhythmically powerful rock track full of tension, excitement and forward drive. big guitars, big drums and a real dynamic sense of drama & suspense. Would suit action / thriller / dramatic projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 87 BPM]
Elements of Classic Rock and Heavy Metal in this instrumental track based on chunky and determined guitar riffs, with occasional soaring leads. Great for sports footage, or just for rocking out. [Tempo: Slow / 94 BPM]
Medium paced, high-intensity, adrenaline-fueled guitar rocker. Dramatic, atmospheric & passionate combination of monster riffs, synths, strings and hefty grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
Commercial pop music track heavily influenced by hip hop, using big arena synths and hints of brass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
An exciting, powerful, driven, intense, positive, suspense-filled melodic rocker with great forward momentum and thrilling tension. Bold, brave, triumphant, primitive, determined, confident, wild & wicked. Would suit action thriller / combat / extreme sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
Hypnotic ‘4 on the floor’ electronic beat, that gradually builds up to an energetic momentum. Features real TB 303 sound. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
A powerful piece of epic dramatic action music, suitable for big hollywood style epic films, modern fighting computer games and in your face style trailers. A great blend of big action soaring string lines and hybrid digital electronica style elements. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A pumped up dark and driving tune. Brimming with energy, motivation and power. This track builds nicely and will pump you up and get you ready to rock. Good for use in confrontational or competitive environments. Be it hard training, extreme sports, a shootout or all out royal rumble! Push yourself to the limit. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
Retro funk drums and funky clav are joined by futuristic electronic sounds, to create an unusual & eclectic form of urban jazz groove. [Tempo: Fast / 105 BPM]
An epic and heroic orchestral soundtrack with a feeling of hope, honour and glory. Perhaps a hero's journey into battle or triumphant return home after a victory or achievement. It could be used for a grand adventure / fantasy film score, epic storytelling, travelling across the lands and sailing the seas. Features orchestra, strings, brass, drums and choir. The piece has a fast-moving feel to it. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 85 BPM]
Powerful, dramatic orchestral track with a sense of an imminent attack about to happen. Danger, conflict, tension, preparing to go to battle, not knowing what awaits. This film score style track has a cinematic, epic sound, great for action, adventure, thriller type productions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Electro-Pop / Synth Pop with a hint back to the 1980's Synthwave and action film music. Upbeat, energetic, action-filled, 80s action hero. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A powerful and grand / regal orchestral / symphonic soundtrack piece, driven forward by Taiko like percussion. Pounding drums combine with dramatic string sections to create a sense of imminent battle, dangerous situation. Perhaps a sea rescue, a dangerous missing on enemy territory, or the rise of an awesome fighting force. Military / Fantasy / Action / Conflict / Fight. (A note about the version described as 'Stage Mix': This version is recorded with the reverb/ambiance of a concert hall, making it sound somewhat more 'distant' from the listener and, some would say, more 'live') [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A fast, fun and reckless track with both hard rock and classic rock influences. Full of events, twists and turns, stops and starts, breaks and stutters. High on intensity and good for sports, extreme sports, racing / motor sports, reckless stunts, action filled cuts, fast fun, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with big pounding drums in various more and less intense patterns. Useful for sound design, film scoring, games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Powerful, dark and mysterious cinematic piece with Middle Eastern/Arabic feel. Big drums, guitars, driving arpeggiated bass, distant shamanic chants. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Dramatic , medium pace, driving riff-fueled rocker. Think Foo Fighters meets the Boston Symphony Orchestra and you're in the right area. Would suit adrenaline sports / thriller type project. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
A swarm of rogue Robots is loose in the city: will our hero save the day? Orchestral, electronic and rock elements build a SciFi atmosphere with dynamic and tension shifts. Good for opening credits or action sequence score. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Fast moving chase or battle track, using orchestral elements blended with hard core techno breakbeat drums and distorted synthesizers. Good for crime chase, trailer, or any conflict / battle material. Also good for sports, extreme sports and dramatic, high impact footage. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 145 BPM]
A "rough and ready", slightly bluesy guitar rock track. Determined, steady beat and guitar riffing with occasional soloing. Classic rock band sound and feel. Good for cruising, racing, rough and tumble, sports and motorsports, gutsy / balls'y action / adventure etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
A massive, epic, urgent sounding music track made with dramatic orchestra, big epic drums and aggressive guitars. Divided into three parts. Chase / Uprising / Invasion / Battle music. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
Electronic dance track with an eastern flavour. Synth sequences and syncopated beats combine with shenai oboe and strings to make a piece that has constant impetus and also fresh new colours and textures entering as it progresses. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Heavy and explosive detuned distorted guitar riffs with beefy drums! Ideal for extreme sports, intense military video games, UFC, ESPN, NFL and action cues. In the style of Metallica, Lamb of God, Pantera, Meshuggah and Disturbed. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 178 BPM]
Exciting, intense, adrenalized, driven, electro rock with great momentum and energy. Synths combine with big guitars to make music suitable for sports/action/thiller/dramatic projects. [Tempo: Fast / 146 BPM]
No messing rock blaster. A cross between Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters, with just a little Journey and Thin Lizzy thrown in just to see what happens. Plenty of dirty guitar riffs and lead licks. Would suit action/thriller type film or extreme sports/motor racing project. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
A spacious intro leads into a full-on, crushing, powerful, exciting, supercharged, driven, adrenalized rocker with great drama and suspense. Wicked, gritty, fiery, dynamic, lively and melodic. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller type projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Racing down the freeway, guns blazing. A huge combo of electric guitars, orchestra, choir and rock drums. Epic trailer feel, suitable for intense action or promos / trailers. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 167 BPM]
Intense and dark hard rocker, with brutal riffing and occasional alarming synth elements. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 131 BPM]
A cool electronic beat with a dark mood and funky acid bassline. Simple but powerful tune, with strong rhythm and clean analog synthesizer sound. Tight 303 acid bass, cool vocal cuts and rhythm switch ups make this a unique and stand out tune. This music track will work great in car commercials, demo videos, extreme sports, action scenes and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
An intense, fiery hard rock track with blazing guitar chops and downtempo but powerful drums. Layers of electric guitars provide a thick texture of aggressive and funky rock riffing. Great for action, racing, extreme sports, high impact footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Aggressive & atmospheric Drum'n Bass. Dark, energetic and aggressive. [Tempo: Fast / 166 BPM]
Epic drama hits! A metal, electronic, symphonic orchestral hybrid with light dubstep electronic elements. Huge guitars and dramatic moving strings make this track ideal for promos, trailers and intense action cues like UFC, WWE, NFL and all other extreme sports. In the style of Celldweller, Cliff Lin and E.S. Posthumus. [Tempo: Slow / 150 BPM]
Aggressive and fast-paced action piece with intense orchestra, rock guitars, drum kit and choir in the background. Reminiscent of a cinematic chase scene or especially tense moments competitive sports. Tension and drama throughout the piece. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 93 BPM]
This is a hard rocking track that evokes thoughts such as riding through the desert with extreme determination. Great for action films or anything with a desert theme. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A fast paced electronica action track featuring many heavy cutting synths. Glitchy with rhythmic percussion/drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
This epic Western orchestral piece, prominently featuring a mariachi trumpet, suggests scenes of adventure or pursuit. The piece would work well in situations involving danger, or as a musical accompaniment for people uniting against a common foe. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Twangy, psychedelic guitars and robotic, industrial synths combine to create a feeling of journeying over dry desert, heat ripples distorting the horizon, scorching sun. Similar in style to the Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Junkie XL this works well with travel scenes, holiday adventures and desert montages as well as high-tech industrial and corporate advertising. Also for action scenes, crime and progress and more. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Cinematic action track with middle eastern harmonies, feel and instruments like Duduk, Oud and Santoor accompanied by full orchestra, different percussion, synthesizers, grand piano and bass guitar. Suitable for films shot in the modern middle eastern cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Will work in trailers, documentary footages and more. Powerful composition with a lot of escalation and growing tension up to the ending. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
An intensely ominous electronic/orchestral soundscape supports a brooding, haunting theme; overwhelmed with darkness and fear, this track is destined for moody scenes of terror and horror in contemporary cinema... For underscore and build-up. Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Dark Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Exciting, bold, driven, atmospheric, dramatic rock track with great forward momentum & suspense. Determined, bouncy, rebellious, confident, dynamic, tense & thrilling. Would suit extreme sports / motorsports / action / thriller type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 152 BPM]
High energy, exciting, adrenalised heavy rock track. Huge guitars combine with monster beats , dramatic strings and spacey ethereal clean guitars to make a rollercoaster of a ride. Would suit action/sports/thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
An unnerving, tense and somewhat quirky soundtrack with a sense of the strange, weird, and mystical. Available with or without occasional child vocal chants, this track combines elements of the Ancient and Mystical with more modern sounds and a driving, determined beat. Good for tense and nervous scenes, perhaps building up to action. Can be set in an exotic place on earth, or even on a strange alien planet. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Angry female vocals soar over heavy American punk themed music. Lyrics about the human race hell bent on destroying our beautiful planet. Rock band instrumentation. Keywords: Human race, Earth, Destruction, End of Humanity. [Tempo: Fast / 154 BPM]
High tension, action and energy track. Semi-orchestral, with electronic drums and synthesizers. Constant rhythm changes make this piece good for game and film trailers, and any productions needing high impact, nervous music. Ominous, dangerous, suspenseful and foreboding, with hip hop influences. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
